atonement
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (2)
- compensation for a wrong“we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store”Synonyms: expiationsatisfactionType of damages, amends
- the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)Synonyms: expiationpropitiationType of redemption, salvationKinds reparation, amends
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: (Literally, a setting at one.)
1. ETY Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; agreement; concord. archaic
By whom we have now received the atonement.— Rom. v. 11.
He desires to make atonement Betwixt the Duke of Gloucester and your brothers.— William Shakespeare
2. Satisfaction or reparation made by giving an equivalent for an injury, or by doing of suffering that which will be received in satisfaction for an offense or injury; expiation; amends; — with for. Specifically, in theology: The expiation of sin made by the obedience, personal suffering, and death of Christ.
When a man has been guilty of any vice, the best atonement be can make for it is, to warn others.— The Spectator
The Phocians behaved with, so much gallantry, that they were thought to have made a sufficient atonement for their former offense.— Potter.
Day of Atonement Jewish antiquity, the only fast day of the Mosaic ritual, celebrated on the tenth day of the seventh month (Tishri), according to the rites described in Leviticus xvi. Also called Yom Kippur.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: 1913 supplement